Barrack-Room Ballads
Born 1865
To T. A.
I have made for you a song,
And it may be right or wrong,
But only you can tell me if it's true;
I have tried for to explain
Both your pleasure and your pain,
And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!
O there'll surely come a day
When they'll give you all your pay,
And treat you as a Christian ought to do;
So, until that day comes round,
Heaven keep you safe and sound,
And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!
DayPoems Poem No. 1788
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1788.html">Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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